Receiver to replace something old - Approx. £500 max

Psycho Sonny · 16 Jun 2017 at 14:32

stoofa said:
Is the Richer "Supercare" as good as it sounds?
6 years of cover for £25, covers repairs, replacement if unable to repair etc. Then, at the end of 6 years, if I haven't had to use it I can get the whole amount back.
Seems a no-brainer?

surely there is a catch?

stoofa · 16 Jun 2017 at 15:20

Well that is what I thought. Here are the complete terms and conditions:

Only thing I see is that you must "return the policy" within one month of the expiration date - but otherwise....

signs · 16 Jun 2017 at 16:14

Psycho Sonny said:
surely there is a catch?

no , its very good , i'm guessing that after 6 years they think you would have sold the item or forgot about the warranty

TALON1973 · 16 Jun 2017 at 22:22

If you are happy with 5.1 why change the receiver? If you get a 4k player just feed the hdmi direct to the tv. Use optical for the sound. A 4k tv should have 4 hdmi slots. More than enough for other sources

stoofa · 16 Jun 2017 at 22:41

TALON1973 said:
If you are happy with 5.1 why change the receiver? If you get a 4k player just feed the hdmi direct to the tv. Use optical for the sound. A 4k tv should have 4 hdmi slots. More than enough for other sources

I have a TV on the wall (or will have) and I'd rather not have a lot of cables directly connected to it - a single HDMI cable will be a lot easier to handle than a number of different ones along with optical connections too.
The original purchase of the receiver was to give me both surround sound and make routing cables etc neat and tidy.
The current receiver, designed for 720p/1080i has done me proud - but all things need to come to an end

Flibster · 17 Jun 2017 at 00:06

Psycho Sonny said:
surely there is a catch?

Had a replacement AV receiver, stereo amp and a new TV through it, so no... not really. TV was 5 years old at the time it went pop. Well worth it imo.

jpaul · 17 Jun 2017 at 08:15

stoofa said:
I have a TV on the wall (or will have) and I'd rather not have a lot of cables directly connected to it - a single HDMI cable will be a lot easier to handle than a number of different ones along with optical connections too.

(I don't have one), but the separate control box on the samsungs' help this scenario

A 4k splitter too, that strips hdmi ~£30 could also help routing sound off to older non 4k a/v
(um - maybe consider purchase of older high end a/v with such a device)

Psycho Sonny said:
surely there is a catch?

interesting proposition, maybe missing
- accidental damaage , especially for TV's could be nice (noted Lewis have default 5 year, only repairs on tv's now)
- transferable ? (would be beneficial if selling on)
- given evolution of a/v standards 6 years is probably close to lifespan so replacement with same spec may not be ideal.

darreny · 17 Jun 2017 at 08:28

TALON1973 said:
If you are happy with 5.1 why change the receiver? If you get a 4k player just feed the hdmi direct to the tv. Use optical for the sound. A 4k tv should have 4 hdmi slots. More than enough for other sources

The problem with that is if he gets a 4K bluray player as optical out won't carry HD sound formats and there was an issue on optical out on the tv it would only send prologic to the amp